Dave Wood

Yeah.

I remember working with a client.

He said the happiest I ever was was when I went from 140K to 180K.

And he said once I got to a million, I just kept scaling.

But he said I never got happier.

And if I think about my life, the happiest and most content that I have been is when I've had the least amount of things.

When I was traveling around the world with my backpack, the fuck all in there, and traveling on a shoestring and really putting myself out there in the world and challenging myself, that was just –

The most content and happy I've ever been.

And so I'm trying to, in my life, it's just like, right, how do we simplify things?

Well, firstly, for those types of people, you have to change your mindset around stress.

Because if you have a stress-debilitating mindset, whenever you go through an obstacle or something that's a hardship, you're going to pull back.

You're going to avoid it.

You're going to find ways out.

And so a stress-enhancing mindset, you know, like...

I'll give you a practical example.

About eight months ago, I went through a period in the business that was just, oh, man, there was stuff coming at me from all different angles, and the way that I would describe it is just overwhelming.

But when I was going through that, I got into a negative mindset, but I recognize it, and it's like, right, in this situation I'm going through, what is a stress-enhancing mindset?

and a stress-enhancing mindset is like, right, where can I find opportunities and growth here?

Like, what is this, you know, what's actually happening?

Take a step back.